Hopper construction



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HOPPER CONSTRUCTION 2 Sh'eets-Sheet l Filed May 26. 192g All@ 33p la93k M. c. SHERMAN HOPPER CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 26, 1926 Vio Fatented Aug. 18, 1931l `.rif-rsa maar Fries MAX C. SHERMAN, OF BALAfCYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY IMESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE ALLEN-SHERMAN-HOFF CCMANY, F PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA Horriir. coNs'rsuc'iioN Applicaties aieiiaay' ze,

' frequent repairs thereof. The applicant has discovered that the radiant heat of the fur-` nace has effected to a marked-extent this rapid destruction of the walls of the receptacle and that if the furnace residue disposal system is shielded from'the radiant heat its life is prolonged and the necessity of lining the same with refractory material is avoided.

The applicant has devised a furnace construction tahing cognizance of the factv that radiant heat waves travel in straight lines and has positioned the furnace hopper out of the path of radiant heatissuing from the mass of burning fuel in the furnace.

It is an object of theinvent'ion to provide an improved furnace construction in which the residue hopper is positioned out Opf-alignment with the mass of burning fuel and the discharge opening ofthe combustion chamber. ther objects will be apparent fromk the specification and from the accompanying drawings in which:

through a combustion chamber'and residue disposal system.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modified forni of combustion chamber and residue disposal system.

Fig. 3 ris a horizontal l'section through. a third form of furnace combustion chamber showing the residue disposal system. n Fig. 4 is a. vertical sectional view Ataken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Referring particularly to Fig. 1 the device comprises a combustion chamber l4 having spaced discharge openings 2 and 2 disposed in the bottom wall 6 of the combustion cham- .y ber.' The openings 2 and 2 are adapted to 192e. senilY No. 111,749.

be closed by the doors 3 'and 3 respectively which are mounted for movement across the openings. Below the discharge openings is situated a transfer hopper 4, the bottom of which'is closed by a sliding door 5. The transfer hopper is situated intermediatethe discharge openings and directly under the centrally upwardly projecting dividing wall 6 which shields' the transfer hopper from the radiant heat of the furnace fire in combustion chamber l. inclined metal feed transfer plates and 7 are disposed beneath the discharge openings of the combustion chamber to receive the ashes passing therethrough and from which these ashes slide down into the transfer hopper.

` The transfer plates are normally shielded from the heat of the furnace fire in chamber l by the doors and by wall 6 'so that no part of the transfer hopper assembly is exposed Ato the radiant heat of the furnace.l Water ymits thorough quenching of the ashes so th at they are comparatively cool and dustless when they reach the transfer hopper.` As the doors of thefurnace discharge openings are never opened simultaneously,with the doors Fig. l .is a longitudinal sectional view.l

of the transfer hopper discharge openings,

`Very' little heat can escape from the furnace and very little air is admitted through thesev openings. Automatic means may be provided if desired to prevent opening the trans- Afer hopper discharge door when the other fia doors 13 and 13 tothe transfer hopper.

As indicatedatthel left hand side-l of the figure, the ashes in the lower part ofthe-conibustion chamber accumulate on the top ofthe door and, as the angle lof repose thereof is greater than tli-e aiiglerformed betweenvthe horizontal and a line connecting the inner edge of the-doorgandthe inner ed geef. itsdischarge opening, the ashesconipletelyclose thisl opening vand prevent air ent-eringthe furnace therethrough.

The wall 1G shieldsthe transfer hopper {from 'flhe radiant heat of the 'furnace -irez in .to that described in connection with Fig. 1.`

the combustion chamber, in a--maniier similar .The doors 18 and 13 may be raised to close Vthe hopper discharge openings and lowered whenashes are to be discharged orV maintained in the inclined position shown and the fasliesn dependent upon to shield the opening,

the same being. carried from thedoor bythe water kprojected from lnozzles 18 and 18.

Additional jets A10 may be provided-toremove any Vashes accumulatingon the feed plate underlying the combustionchamber discharge opening. Y .In-Figs. 3 andlthe-furnace is indicated generally .at F and comprises .a centra-l combustionchamber 101 -vvhich 1is shown as a cylindrical depression in thefurnace bottom w-ith the rupper open facet/hereofv constituting a discharge opening. The fuel Vis preferably-blown into' the combustion chamber-and after burning the residuesarernormally blown rounding the=combustion chamber Ais-'comout of the chamber. The fur-nace bottomi surposedy of .slanting surfaces 102 .which f, form l ridges 103 and grooves ,1011: at .their-intersec ztions. Afton neareacli corner of; the furnace Y Abottoinis positionedia hopper 105. IItwill be -seen 'thatlthe radiant-1 heatfronif-there in thel combustion ychamber extends upwardly .and outward-ly therefrom, and that theefurunace-bottomV throughout a large rpart -lofits `.surface andfthe.trans-fer -liopperseare inthe shadowca'st bythewallsurrounding theconi- .bustion chamber. l Of oourseg-.thecombustion chamber and transfer hoppers couldv be4 arranged in: vinany other-waysto castf-a shadow upon? the. transfer hopperwalls.

By sliieldingftlie interior-y Voft the transfer hopper from the radiant heat'of thefurnace, itsgtemperature may be inaintainedwconsiderably below that prevailing in the interior ofthe furnace. This comparatively vlow temperature`r not only prevents deterioration of the z transfer hopper walls but i permits v the safe introduction of water to quench the ashes so that these may be delivered in a relatively cool and dustless condition to the conveying means by which they are takeii'to their point of disposal. Moreover, .the cooling of thek ashes prevents their fusionuwith the disadvantages attendant upon such a` fusing. lVhile I have described a. few embodiments of lmy"V invention in some fparticularity,` obviouslyfniany other variations and-modifica- -ti-onsf'thereoff-will--ocoui' -to those skilled in the art and I do not, therefore, limit myself to the precise details herein described but claim i as my inventionall such variations and modii'ications falling within the scope of the sub- :joined claims.

:I claim: v 15,111 furnace construction, a l combustion chamber having a bottoindisc-haiige opening y.andfadapte'd to-contain a mass of-burning fuel. in the; lportieri of Asaid combustion chaini ber v-lying fabovesaid discharge opening, a movable closure. for` said opening, a hopper offset laterally from the-discharge opening whereby the hopper `is vpositioned Iout of means for flush-ing Athe residues fromfthe' closure,:;and means` for Vflushing the residues yfrom `the `transfer plate --into ythe hopper.

. 2.1 In l furnace construction, .1a combustion .chamber having a bott-omdischarge opening ,-.andvadapted tocontain: a mass.V of burning ufuel fin the portionA ofA said chamber llying above said discharge opening, land hopper vhavin-g 1.a ldischarge openingf said hopper Ibeing .offsetA laterally from the.4 combustion chamber 'discharge opening whereby the hopper isl positioned out of'y alignineiituwithsaid i port-ion of the chamber I and the' chamber discharge opening and means for. directing-materal e discharged through said discharge opening'intoY said: offset hopper.

.In :furnace construction, a combustion chamber havingsa bottom discharge iopening fand aad-apted to f contain -inass ofl burning fuel in the portion of said chamber vlying above .saiddischarge opening, va movable` S'closure for said opening, hopper :oifset laterally from the discharge"openingwherebythe hop-per: is positioned :out ofvali-gmnent f-.fwith the said'-y portion-of .thechainberfand fthe discharge opening, fmeans t'foi' conducting'- residues from'thejdischarge open-iiigtzo the :hopper andlnieans foirflushing material "from said closure.

14. lnifurnace. construction, :acombustion chamber having a `bottomdischarge opening :and adapted f to` contain a ina ss of* burning "fuel in thexrportion'offsaid chamberlying above said. bottom discharge opening-.Mainov- 4fable closure .ff-or4saidy openi-ng,.-a vhopper having` a2 bottom discharge openingfia movable 

